344 sacked workers sue Wike
December 27, 2015
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers
The 344 workers of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori,
Rivers State, southern Nigeria, who were sacked by
Governor Nyesom Wike on assumption of office, have
dragged the Rivers state government to court for illegal
termination of appointment.
The matter was filed at the National Industrial Court sitting
in Yenagoa by lawyers from the Institute of Human Rights
and Humanitarian Law led by Anyankwe Nsirimovu.
The Rivers state government was served the court papers
on Friday last week. Other parties that were joined in the
matter are the state ministry of Education and the
management of Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic formerly known
as Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori.
The sacked aggrieved workers decided to take legal action
against the Rivers state government because several
attempts to have Governor Wike to reverse their sack had
fallen on deaf ears.
Governor Wike in July ordered the sack of the newly
recruited workers who had passed through all due
processes of interview and recruitment and they had been
issued appointment letters.
They were about to resume duty after receiving employment
letters and staff identification cards by the management of
the Polytechnic, and had gone ahead to open salary
accounts when Governor Wike ordered the termination of
their appointment.
The affected workers were employed by the administration
of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, raising allegations that the
termination of their appointments was a political vendetta
against those alleged to be loyalists of Amaechi.